Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

cars and injured number of people, two
fatally.
A whole audience of straight-laced
Presbyterans rose to their feet and cheer
ed when Pastor j. p. Newman declared
at Washington Sunday that the anarchists
ought to have been hanged long ago.
A Pittsburg Catholic priest is seeking
to be elected principal of a certain public
school in that city in order, it is said to
unite the public school with his paro-
chal school, and relieve his people of a
burden.
The revenue cutter Bear has Just seized
three small vessels, two American and
one British, for Illegal sealing in Behring
sea. Thirteen vessels in all have been
caught this year engaged in this forbidden
business.
William Russell Sever, the oldest grad
uate of Harvard college, died at Plymouth,
Mass, Sunday, aged SO. His father,
grandfather and great grandfather were
all graduates of Harvard. He graduated
in 1911.
A senseless fellow shouted "Fire," in
the Grand opera house in New York the
other night and created temporary panic,
which was suppressed with some diff
Guilty. The fellow who caused the mis-
chief was arrested.
The treasury department makes a
statement showing that by the purchase
of bonds since August the government
has saved 81, ass, 613, which would have
been paid out if the bonds had been al
lowed to run till maturity.
The interstate commerce commission will
resume its sessions at Washington Octo-
Der II. Its present docket contains about
40 cases. which are assigned for hearing
before November 10. The three Boston
chamber of commerce cases come up
October 27. The complaint of Thurber
and another against the trunk line and
the carload-lot cases are set down for
November l.
The trouble with the negroes in Mata-
gorda and Brazoria counties, Texas. is
believed to be settled for the present.
The Houston light guards have returned
from the seat of trouble. Oliver Shep-
herd, a mulatto, the leader of the negroes.
has fled from the country. There is con-
siderable apprehension among the whites
that the trouble may be renewed.
F. Ashbury Hawkins, charged with the
murder of his mother, Mrs. Franklin Haw-
kins, whose badly mutilated body was
found in the bushes three miles from Tslip.
l.. l.,Sunday, was taken before the coroner
Monday. He waived examination and
was held for the grand jury. He confessed
the crime. He shot his mother with re-
volver while they were riding in buggy
together and then beat her over the head.
His mother opposed his marriage to
sewing girl.
a riot took place at Union Hill, n. j.,
Sunday afternoon during a meeting of
anarchists. The crowd about the rink
where the meeting was to be held became
so noisy that the riot act was read, and
the police used their clubs to keep the
mob back. The mob thereupon charged
upon the police, and in the fray several
were injured, some it is thought fatally.
-Four arrests were made, and the police
are looking for Herr Most, who remained
in beer saloon during the rioting.
President and Mrs. Cleveland have
spent the week in st. Louis. Tuesday
they took steamboat ride on the river.
In the evening they witnessed the grand
street pageant of the Yelled Prophets,
illustrating by % floats some of the
events of Biblical history, beginning with
the dawn of history, the expulsion Of
Lucifer, Egyptian captivity, scenes of
the exodus, the Philistines, the prophets,
events of Daniel, Jonah and Josiahs life,
war scenes, and ending with the famous
Belshazzar feast. Later they attended
the ball of the Yelled Prophets.
The Americas cup will remain in
America, the Volunteer defeating the
Thistle again on Friday in the second of
the two races. The race was satisfactory
in every respect and a fair test of the
qualities of the rival yachts. 1t was the
regret of all true lovers of yachting that
the Thistle was not able to show more
seaworthy qualities and thus make the
contest closer one. For a half-hour
after the start it was plain that the Scotch
cutter was beaten boat, unless fluke
or shift of wind should come to her
rescue. In the 20-miles' thrash to wind
ward the center-board type told so heav-
lily against the keel that the cutter was
beaten IL minutes $50 seconds. The
Thistle redeemed herself a little COM
ing home, before the wind, by gain
ing minutes SO seconds on the Vol
unteer. Thus ended unsucessfully the
the seventh attempt of British yachtmen
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